Ducks Unlimited

Ducks Unlimited is a U.S. based conservation organization that has a lot of corporate funders. According to its website, it "conserves, restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's waterfowl. These habitats also benefit other wildlife and people."

"Ducks Unlimited's vision of the future is to conserve enough wetlands to fill the sky with waterfowl today, tomorrow and forever. Thanks to our 40,000 volunteers and nearly 700,000 members in the United States alone, this year we raised more than $162 million and conserved 169,224 acres to protect some of the nation’s best waterfowl habitat."

America's Wetland Foundation
In 2010, the front group America's Wetland Foundation named Ducks Unlimited CEO H. Dale Hall, "Conservationist of the Year". The award was given at the Inaugural World Delta Dialogues conference – "a major international conference of more than 350 representatives from at least 15 countries who join to tackle the challenges and opportunities associated with sustaining deltaic regions worldwide, using the Mississippi River Delta as the focus."

Donors
Major donors of their work include the Exxon Mobil Foundation, the Bush Foundation, and the Lilly Endowment. All donors can be found in the Ducks Unlimited Annual Report. A selection of donors from 2006: Between $500,000 and $749,999: $250,000 - $499,999: $100,000 - $249,999: $75,000 - $99,999: $50,000 - $74,999:
 * Bayer CropScience
 * Dow Chemical
 * ExxonMobil
 * Monsanto
 * Penzoil Products Company
 * ChevronTexaco
 * Coors Brewing Company
 * Shell Oil Company
 * Cargill
 * Syngenta
 * Tyson Foods, Inc.
 * Dow AgroSciences

(For full details see Annual Report.)

Lobbying
Ducks Unlimited spent $165,000 for lobbying in 2009.

Personnel
As of December 2010, National Officers:
 * John R. Pope, President, Jacksonville, Fla.
 * Bruce Lewis, Chairman of the Board, Natchez, Miss.
 * H. Dale Hall, Chief Executive Officer, Memphis, Tenn.
 * John W. Newman, First Vice President, Covington, La.
 * Stephen C. Reynolds, Secretary, Memphis, Tenn.
 * Robert S. Hester, Jr., Treasurer, Memphis, Tenn.
 * John W. Childs, President, Wetlands America Trust, Vero Beach, Fla.
 * Dan Thiel, Executive Secretary, Memphis, Tenn.

Senior Vice Presidents (Advisory to the President):
 * Ron Bartels, Membership, Schriever, La.
 * Mike Woodward, Marketing & Communications, Oakfield, N.Y.
 * Paul R. Bonderson, Jr., Conservation Programs, Sunol, Calif.
 * Bruce B. Deadman, Youth & Education, Denmark, Wis.
 * Rogers Hoyt, Jr., Event & Volunteer Management, Uvalde, Texas
 * A. Kel Long III, Development, Atlanta, Ga.
 * John W. Newman, Growth & Innovation, Covington, La.
 * Doug Schoenrock, Corporate Relations, Fayetteville, Tenn.

National Staff (Memphis, Tenn.):
 * Jim West, Chief Fundraising Officer
 * Tom Fulgham, Chief Communications Officer
 * Randy L. Graves, Chief Administrative Officer
 * Jim Boyd, Chief Information Officer
 * Dale Humburg, Chief Biologist

Former:
 * James Hulbert, President

Contact details
One Waterfowl Way Memphis, Tennessee 38120 Phone: 901-758-3825 Web: http://www.ducks.org

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